Italian
282 speakers
Italian is spoken by 282 of our residents at home, 0.7% of Bass Coast.
We are Bass Coast
4 per cent.
4 in every 100 Bass Coast residents speak a language other than English at home. 1,700 people, in 64 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 40,710
- Speak another language
- 1,700
- Languages at home
- 64
- Growth since last census
- +37.8%
Most of us speak English at home. 1,700 of us do not, across 64 languages, most often Italian, Greek and Spanish. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Victoria
#49
of 79 Victoria councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #287 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Greek
138 speakers
Greek is spoken by 138 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Bass Coast.
Spanish
118 speakers
Spanish is spoken by 118 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Bass Coast.
The languages of Bass Coast
64 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.
Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Every language, in order
Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.
Fastest-growing among us
Italian
+7.2% since last census
We share this portrait because a council below the Victoria average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 1,700 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.
Italian grew 7.2% since the last census, to 282 speakers. A community growing at that rate is one whose translation needs are ahead of the last set of figures anyone commissioned.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
13.3% of us were born overseas, across 74 countries.
- 01England2,163+26.0%
- 02New Zealand619+24.3%
- 03Netherlands245+15.6%
- 04Italy244+43.5%
- 05Scotland213+10.9%
- 06Germany212+29.3%
- 07India192+93.9%
- 08Philippines163+163%
- 09Ireland120+118%
- 10South Africa101+48.5%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Bass Coast at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs20,656+57.8%
- 02Christianity16,046+1.0%
- 03Buddhism362+7.7%
- 04Hinduism160+68.4%
- 05Islam55+48.6%
- 06Judaism11+10.0%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 32 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- Smiths BeachTop language — French7%23
- CowesTop language — Italian7%443
- Surf Beach (Vic.)Top language — Auslan6%41
- San Remo (Vic.)Top language — Thai6%93
- Wimbledon HeightsTop language — Japanese5%23
- North WonthaggiTop language — Malayalam5%170
- South DudleyTop language — Dutch5%19
- Coronet BayTop language — Greek4%49
- NewhavenTop language — Mandarin4%20
- Sunset Strip (Vic.)Top language — Macedonian4%23
- Corinella (Vic.)Top language — Polish4%43
- WonthaggiTop language — Italian4%223
- KilcundaTop language — German4%30
- GrantvilleTop language — Greek4%45
- InverlochTop language — Italian4%225
- Cape PatersonTop language — Italian4%48
- Cape WoolamaiTop language — Italian3%76
- DalystonTop language — Spanish3%22
- The GurdiesTop language — Italian3%14
- WoolamaiTop language — Greek2%6
- Ventnor (Vic.)Top language — Greek2%19
- Sunderland BayTop language — Mandarin2%7
- AlmurtaTop language — Greek2%5
- Lance CreekTop language — Cantonese2%3
- Tenby PointTop language — Italian1%7
- RhyllTop language — Italian1%13
- SilverleavesTop language — Japanese1%4
- Pioneer BayTop language — Italian1%3
- RyanstonTop language — Thai1%3
- Kongwak0%0
- Bass0%0
- Summerlands0%0
- 32 suburbs in Bass Coast. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Bass Coast shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.
In context
- Bass Coast
- 4.2%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
- Australia
- 21.3%
4.2% of Bass Coast residents speak a language other than English at home, against 26.6% for Victoria and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
How the headline share is counted. 4.2% is 1,700 residents as a share of all 40,710 of us. A further 2,727 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 10.9%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 4.5%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Bass Coast, it is almost certainly one of those two.
Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Bass Coast figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.
Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Bass Coast.